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establishment by Saw

Greatly impressed by Japan, which he visited in 1935, U Saw aspired to rebuild Burma along similar, totalitarian lines. In 1938 he founded the Myochit (“Patriot”) Party and organized a private Galon army, modeled on the Nazi storm troopers. U Saw helped engineer the overthrow of prime minister Ba Maw in 1939, and, after serving as minister of forests, he was prime minister from 1940...